1954 Florida

5–⁠5 (5–⁠2 Southeastern Conference), coached by Bob Woodruff.

Schedule and results

Florida in 1954, game by game: lost at No. 16 Rice 14–34; won at No. 5 Georgia Tech 13–12; won vs. Auburn 19–13; lost vs. Clemson 7–14; won vs. Kentucky 21–7; lost at LSU 7–20; won vs. Mississippi State 7–0; lost vs. Georgia 13–14; won at Tennessee 14–0; lost vs. No. 11 Miami 0–14+14−20Lost 14–34 at No. 16 Rice-20No. 16 RiceWon 13–12 at No. 5 Georgia Tech+1No. 5 Georgia TechWon 19–13 vs. Auburn+6AuburnLost 7–14 vs. Clemson-7ClemsonWon 21–7 vs. Kentucky+14KentuckyLost 7–20 at LSU-13LSUWon 7–0 vs. Mississippi State+7Mississippi Sta…Lost 13–14 vs. Georgia-1GeorgiaWon 14–0 at Tennessee+14TennesseeLost 0–14 vs. No. 11 Miami-14No. 11 Miami
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Miami 14–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The tied 74th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 116 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 20
  2. Wk 4: 14
  3. Wk 6: 18

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1954.

Record
5–⁠5
Conference
5–⁠2 tied for 3rd in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 14
Points
115–⁠128
Coach
Bob Woodruff
Elo
1528 +6 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
8.3 No. 32 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1955

The 1955 draft
Rd 3Mal Hammack BChicago Cardinals

All-SEC

1 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1954 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1954 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ole Miss5–⁠09–⁠26
Georgia Tech6–⁠28–⁠3
Kentucky5–⁠27–⁠3
Florida5–⁠25–⁠5
Georgia3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Auburn3–⁠38–⁠313
Mississippi State3–⁠36–⁠4
Alabama3–⁠3–⁠24–⁠5–⁠2
LSU2–⁠55–⁠6
Tulane1–⁠6–⁠11–⁠6–⁠3
Tennessee1–⁠54–⁠6
Vanderbilt1–⁠52–⁠7

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.